Christian Führer

Christian Führer
Christian Führer in 2008.
Born	(1943-03-05)5 March 1943 Leipzig, Germany
Died	30 June 2014(2014-06-30) (aged 71) Leipzig, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Pastor
Known for	Leading figure during the Monday demonstrations in East Germany

Christian  Führer  (5 March 1943 – 30 June 2014) was a Protestant Pastor and one of the leading figures and organisers of the 1989 Monday demonstrations in East Germany which finally led to the German reunification and the end of the GDR in 1990.

Christian Führer grew up in Langenleuba-Oberhain, Saxony. He studied Theology from 1961 until 1966 at the University of Leipzig. He worked as Pastor in Colditz until 1980 when he became the Pastor of the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig. He retired on 4 July 2008.

In 1980 Führer helped to organize "peace prayers" (German: Friedensgebete) as part of a joint protest action of Protestant youth organisations. Starting on 20 September 1982, the peace prayers were held every Monday in the Nikolai Church in Leipzig focusing against the Cold War.

In 1987 he organized a pilgrimage in the context of the Olof Palme Peace March. In 1988 he moderated prayers for the arrested protesters of the (regular demonstrations in memory of the murdered socialists Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg).